The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2020
Citation and commencement1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 31 July 2020.
Appointed day2.
31 July 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 20(1) to (6), (9) and (10) (group proceedings) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018.
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
Regulation 2 of these Regulations brings into force certain provisions of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (“the 2018 Act”).
Section 20(1) to (6), (9) and (10) relates to group proceedings and comes into force on 31 July 2020.
The Bill for the 2018 Act received Royal Assent on 5 June 2018. Sections 24 to 28 came into force on the following day and section 23 came into force on 5 August 2018.
The following provisions of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.
Provision | Date of Commencement | Instrument No. |
|---|---|---|
Section 4(1) and (2) | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 5 | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 6(8) | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 7(3) and (4) | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 12(1), (3) and (4) | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 14 | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 15 | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 16 | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 17 | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 18 | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 19 | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 20(7) and (8) | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 21 | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 22 | 30 January 2019 | |
The schedule | 30 January 2019 | |
Section 1 | 27 April 2020 | |
Section 2 | 27 April 2020 | |
Section 3 | 27 April 2020 | |
Section 4(3) to (5) | 27 April 2020 | |
Section 6(1) to (7), (9) and (10) | 27 April 2020 | |
Section 7(1) and (2) | 27 April 2020 |